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----- Original Message -----
From:
Jean -Paul
FERRY
To: Discussion of aroids
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 2:49
AM
Subject: Re: Re: [Aroid-l] Amorph titanum
flowering in Sydney, Australia
Dear Alistair,
The communication passes very well to France because your
Amorphophallus titanum passed to television and in radio operator
.Personnellement I did not see it but my friends who know my interêt for
Aracées m ' prevented.
It still the camenbert smells?
In a friendly way
Genevieve Ferry
>
Message du 11/10/04 18:13> De : "Julius Boos" >
A : aroid-l@gizmoworks.com> Copie à : > Objet : Re: [Aroid-l]
Amorph titanum flowering in Sydney, Australia>
> > >
>From: "Alistair Hay"
>Reply-To: Discussion of aroids
>To: "Discussion of aroids"
>Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Amorph titanum flowering in Sydney,
Australia
>Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 10:38:40 +1000
>
> Hello Alistair,
> Whatever you may learn might be interesting, as who knows at what
sized bloom a plant may begin to 'allow' fruit/seed to be
produced. I just know that this issue keeps 'bugging'
me. Another example of this pollen-only 'thing' was a
plant (actually a seedling) of Cyrtosperma cuspidispathum that bloomed at a
friend`s home when it was only 6" or so tall, bear in mind that this species
can easily reach 2 M (12'+) or more, mine bloomed when it was around
1.5 M tall and kept growing!
> Thanks again,
> Good Growing,
> Julius
> >Hi Julius, I guess Wilbert is the person to know to what extent
smaller than normal Amorphophallus blooms are female-sterile, though I have
certainly seen small paeoniifolius, bulbifer, variabilis and galbra
producing fruits. This titanum had normal-looking pistils, but one of our
illustrators is doing a botanical painting including dissections and I will
ask her to look out for whether or not there are functional-looking ovules.
>A
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Julius Boos
> To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com
> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 10:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Amorph titanum flowering
in Sydney, Australia
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Alistair Hay"
> >Reply-To: Discussion of aroids
> >To: "Discussion of aroids"
> >Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Amorph titanum
flowering in Sydney, Australia
> >Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 11:52:09 +1000
> >
> Dear Alistair,
>
> Thanks for the information and congrats on
getting any size of a bloom! I read where the spadix collapsed a
very short time after it opened, I wonder if this is not another sign of
something I have been observing in aroids in many species over many
years. I have suggested that many Aroids (the genus
Arisaema has taken this to the ultimate) will produce a smaller than usual
bloom that, though it may have female flowers (in Arisaema the female
flowers are NOT produced) , is never intended and in fact can and does not
produce fruit/seed, the small bloom only contributes pollen to the genitic
'trail'. This might occur when a plant 'senses' that
it is stressed (too many growing seasons without a tuber large enough to
sustain the development of fruit/seed) or is growing in a site
less-then-optimum to producing a large tuber which is able to sustain the
length of time necessary for fruit/seed produ ction.&nbs p; I
was wiondering if some dissections could possibly be done to the remains of
the female flowers on this or future small blooms to see if all the
necessary parts are there which might indicate if these female flowers could
ever develop seed. Just food for thought.
>
> Good Growing!
>
> Julius
>
> >Hi Julius,
>
> >
> >It was a baby at 1.33 metres. And yes its a
sibling of many that have flowered much earlier in the US and Europe.
> >
> >I attribute the long delay in getting ours
to flower to the psychological trauma caused by the idea of applying NPK in
the necessary quantities - most Australian plants are killed by even
'normal' quantities of these elements, especially Phosphorus.
> >
> >Eventually the horticultural staff who look
after our TAs rose to my challenge to kill a subset of our holdings by
overfeeding! The result was pots toppling over as they bulged with swelling
tubers, and one (at 15.5 kg) producing a flower.
> >
> >Alistair
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Julius Boos
> > To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com
> > Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004
10:07 AM
> > Subject: RE: [Aroid-l] Amorph
titanum flowering in Sydney, Australia
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: Paul Tyerman
> > >Reply-To: Discussion of
aroids
> > >To: Discussion of aroids
> > >Subject: [Aroid-l] Amorph
titanum flowering in Sydney, Australia
> > >Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2004
08:55:40 +1000
> > >
> > Dear Paul,
> >
> > Thanks for sharing this news
with us! A happy event indeed. Perhaps
Dr. Hay (if he reads thsi) may be so kind as to try to determine from wence
this plant came, if by chance from a Jim Symon seed
collection? I`m sorry that you missed seeing this
amazing bloom. Any details as to how tall the bloom was, etc.??
> >
> > The Best,
> >
> > Julius Boos
> >
> > WPB, FLORIDA
> >
> > >Howdy All,
> >
> > >
> > >I found out on the news
last night that Amorphophallus titanum is
> > >currently in flower in the
Tropical House at the Botanic Gardens in
> > >Sydney,
Australia. I thought I'd inform the group in case there was
> > >anyone who was in Sydney
who didn't know about it and wanted to see
> > >it.
> > >
> > >If I'd known about it being
about to open I would have arranged to
> > >get up there to see it, but
unfortunately it only appeared on the
> > >news last night already in
flower and I couldn't just drop
> > >everything to get up there
and see it today. Most frustrating as i
> > >definitely would have got
up there if I'd known.
> > >
> > >Hopefully all of those on
this list in the Sydney region interested
> > >in Amorphs will get a
chance to view it as it is only the second
> > >time there has ever been a
flowering in Australia I have been told.
> > >Last night the Botanic
Gardens remained open until midnight to allow
> > >people to view
it. I'd imagine if still open this evening the same
> > >will likely apply.
> > >
> > >Cheers.
> > >
> > >Paul Tyerman
> > >Canberra, Australia (a few
hours south of Sydney unfortunately)
> > >
> >
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